Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the debut studio album by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold, released on January 31, 2001 by Good Life Recordings, and subsequently re-released by Hopeless Records on March 19, 2002, featuring slightly different cover art and the band's new guitarist, Synyster Gates, who would go on to appear on every other Avenged Sevenfold release. As of 2008, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet has sold 200,000 copies worldwide. The title 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet' derives its name from the book of Revelation, specifically referencing chapter 11 and the sounding of the last (seventh) trumpet, signifying the end of the world. Valary DiBenedetto (M. Shadows' wife) performs vocals on the track "The Art of Subconscious Illusion". The album was released as 2x12 vinyl, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Purple on 2008 in US.[2]
Reception
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was generally well-received by critics. Chris Baranowski of Sputnikmusic gave the album a rating of four out of five, stating that it was a "well crafted, hard hitting album". Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five and wrote: "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is a magnificent album that is suitable for any fan of metal music, as Avenged Sevenfold has a firm grasp on all that is extreme". The review also praised the tracks "Darkness Surrounding" and "We Come out at Night" as being "...excellent metalcore masterpieces, as the vocal harmonies add to these cuts to evolve the songs into fully atmospheric sonic blasts".
Videography
Avenged Sevenfold later released the Warmness on the Soul EP, which featured a video for the single "Warmness on the Soul". The video depicted the band wandering through city streets as a girl searched for them. And there is also the heavy metal version of "To End the Rapture" which was released on the reissue of Sounding the Seventh Trumpet after it was bought by Hopeless Records.
Track listing
- All songs written by Avenged Sevenfold, except "Streets" written by M. Shadows and Successful Failure.
- All lyrics written by M. Shadows
- Original version of "To End the Rapture" was a softer version with piano
- *These songs appear on "Warmness on the Soul EP"
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"To End the Rapture*" |
1:24 |
| 2. |
"Turn the Other Way" |
5:36 |
| 3. |
"Darkness Surrounding*" |
4:49 |
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"The Art of Subconscious Illusion" |
3:45 |
| 5. |
"We Come Out at Night*" |
4:44 |
| 6. |
"Lips of Deceit" |
4:08 |
| 7. |
"Warmness on the Soul*" |
4:19 |
| 8. |
"An Epic of Time Wasted" |
4:18 |
| 9. |
"Breaking Their Hold" |
1:11 |
| 10. |
"Forgotten Faces" |
3:26 |
| 11. |
"Thick and Thin" |
4:15 |
| 12. |
"Streets" |
3:06 |
| 13. |
"Shattered by Broken Dreams" |
7:07 |
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52:08 |
Personnel
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Production
- Recorded at Westbeach in Hollywood, California, USA
- Produced, engineered and mixed by Donnell Cameron and Avenged Sevenfold
- Assistant Engineered by Henrah Kruzchev
- Mastered by Ramon Breton and Avenged Sevenfold at Oceanview Mastering
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